{"id":12846,"date":"2017-06-25T09:26:54","date_gmt":"2017-06-25T13:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/?p=12846"},"modified":"2024-09-01T09:27:12","modified_gmt":"2024-09-01T13:27:12","slug":"team-extreme-idu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/team-extreme-idu\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Pillars in Practice: Team Extreme IDU"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"three<\/a>Every May for the past 10 years, Lamoille Union Middle School’s Team Extreme launches an integrated unit. This year found them shifting and building upon past successes to include the goal of giving students access to their growth and skills progression in a brand new way.<\/p>\n

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“The IDU almost changes you in a way, it makes you a better learner. I think it prepares me for high school in a way that core classes can’t do that.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This five-minute video gives you a window into what students think about this May 1st launch. You will hear the perspective from these LUMS 8th graders who have already experienced this “massive project” and then at the 2:40 mark, Chris Bologna from Team Extreme explains the shift in assessment practices taking place this year. Think Three Pillars.<\/a> Think transferable skills, think mastery tracking of proficiencies, think student self-assessment, think the power of data in the hands of learners to set goals… and so much more.<\/p>\n

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